"Hello,
friends!" "Nowadays, politics
in the form of Bulldozers is being used all across the country." It started in the UP elections. With the slogans for Bulldozer Baba. There was a song on it too. """Long live Bulldozer
Baba.""" "Next, in
Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan's government" put up hoardings on the road promoting
Bulldozer Mama. "And with time,
after Bulldozer Baba and Bulldozer Mama,"
we witnessed Bulldozer Justice. "While
being interviewed by Barkha Dutt," "Madhya
Pradesh's Home Minister Narottam Mishra said," """When dealing with
hooligans, I believe," they should
get what they deserve. These people are
harming society. They make the lives of
good people difficult. "And we
should be seen taking immediate action against the rioters.""" "After Madhya Pradesh's Bulldozer
Justice," the Bulldozers reached
Delhi's Jahangirpuri. The timing was
suspiciously the same. These bulldozers
reached the place soon after a communal riot.
They demolish the homes and shops of some people. Our story doesn't end here. "After this, the bulldozers are seen in
Rajasthan's Alwar." "There,
they demolish a temple." "Before
this, a journalist named Aman," had
started chipping away at the peace.
He went on the TV to claim
that Alwar demolition was a retaliation against the Jahangirpuri
incident. """Jahangirpuri's
revenge." Attacking Mahadev. Is it a mere coincidence "that 2 days ago, in Delhi's
Jahangirpuri," "a mosque's
gate was demolished by a bulldozer,"
"and today, in Alwar, Rajasthan," "3 temples were
demolished.""" "Later
we found out that," "the place
that was bulldozed in Rajasthan," had
been bulldozed before the Jahangirpuri incident. It happened around April 17th or 18th. The second thing we found out was "while Congress is the incumbent
government in Rajasthan," "but
in this area of Rajgad, the municipal department is under BJP's control." In the same way how Delhi is governed by the
AAP but Delhi's MCD is under BJP's
control. "According to Dainik
Bhaskar's report," "the
demolition of the temple," "was
actually being planned for the last 7 months," by the Municipality Board. "Well, let's not get into individual
incidents," "come, let's
understand the meaning of this Bulldozer Politics." What are the consequences? How does it affect the law and order in the
country? And how does it affect the
lives of common people? And why do some
people love bulldozer politics? """We
have the reasons and the orders.""" """We weren't given any information
or notices or anything.
They aren't listening to anyone." Wherever they want they bring out Baba's and
Mama's bulldozers. Is Jahangirpuri the
only illegally settled place in the entire Delhi? Only these 300 homes were illegal? "Why aren't you investigating Delhi as a
whole?""" "Taking it
at the face value," "people
who are rioting and pelting stones,"
"the government identifies them," and instantly sends bulldozer to their homes to demolish their homes and shops. "Broadly speaking, this is what most
people think Bulldozer Politics is."
Some people claim that there's one other thing that the government looks
for. The government checks whether the
houses are built illegally. Whether
there's any illegal encroachment. "If
there is, that makes it 2 conditions."
One: being a stone pelter. Second:
illegal encroachment. Only then will
bulldozers be sent to your house. That's
the Bulldozer Justice. "Irrespective
of what the reasons are," it
basically means that "neither will
there be any action by the police,"
nor by the courts. The government
will decide of its own volition. To
bulldoze houses. This is the Bulldozer
Justice. But is it truly justice? "In my opinion, this can't be called
justice." It's called revenge. These are widely different words. Justice.
And Revenge. It may seem that the
two mean the same thing. "But the
more you think about these two words,"
the more will you understand that actually they are vastly different. "With different meanings," "and often, they contradict each
other." Revenge is an emotional
response. The one trying to take revenge
aims at taking revenge as soon as
possible. "On the other hand,
Justice is a rational response." A
logical decision after much deliberations. "Often, it takes a significant amount of
time."
Revenge brings the victim and perpetrator on the same level. "The one in the wrong and the one
wronged," after the revenge both
end up feeling the same way. Think about
it. "If a family member gets
murdered," "and you go out to
look for the murderer," "and
kill the murderer," the number of
murderers in society doesn't change. There's
a famous Batman dialogue regarding this.
"In the latest Batman film,"
"it was in the cinemas a few weeks ago," I would recommend that you watch it. Because it looks into this issue extensively.
Revenge is an endless cycle. It has no end.
"On the other hand, justice provides closure." It brings about peace in society. "This is the reason why Mahatma Gandhi
had said," The need for revenge
will leave the whole world blind. This
isn't how the justice system works. "It
doesn't run on ""An eye for an eye.""" "Had the country's justice system run on
revenge," "then for every
murder in the country," the
murderer should have been hanged to death.
But that's not how it works. "Because
in all the Constitutions written in the world, " the authors of the Constitution knew about
this. Revenge can't bring long-lasting
peace to society. "For every crime
in the country," "we need to
understand the motives, reasons, and consequences." If we truly wish to bring peace to the
country. You'll remember the horrifying
26/11 attacks on Mumbai. "Major
Sandeep Unnikrishnan," was a brave
NSG Commander who was martyred in action
during these attacks. Terrorist Ajmal
Kasab was placed on trial. "And
finally, in November 2012," he was
hanged to death. "When this
happened, some people celebrated." They
celebrated his death. But do you know
what was Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father's reaction? "He said that it was foolishness," hanging Kasab was not a cause for
celebration. There's nothing to be happy
about. Hanging Kasab was a legal
necessity. "The judiciary decided
to do this," so that there could be
peace in society. "That's why he
asked everyone to show restraint," rather
than celebrating. "Can you imagine
a person who lost his young son in a terrorist attack," knowing and telling people that the terrorist
being hanged to death isn't a cause for
celebration. "If we fast forward
to 10 years later," "today, in
2022," "when people's houses
were bulldozed in Jahangirpuri,"
"when shops were demolished," "and we saw this Blog of this young child," collecting coins from the debris of his
demolished shop. """Why
are you collecting these?"""
"""Because our business and our household runs with
this.""" Was this shop
legal or illegal? Was the Constitution
followed while bulldozing it? Was the
proper system followed or not? Why had
the Supreme Court ordered this bulldozer to stop? These questions will be analysed later. "Before that, look at this young
child." Suppose this shop was
illegal. Suppose that this child's
father had pelted stones. Suppose the
Supreme Court hadn't ordered it to stop.
And suppose that the bulldozing was completely legal and constitutional. "Even so, do you not have any sympathy
for this child?" Do we not have the
merest humanity to not celebrate this? Some
people were seen celebrating. They were
ecstatic. They were celebrating the fact
the people lost their homes and shops. "Navika
Kumar, Editor-in-Chief of Times Now Media House, tweeted," Followed by laughing emojis. "Some people lost their homes, their
shops," but it is a laughing matter
for her. Have some people become so
bloodthirsty? Kasab was a terrorist. This here is an innocent child. "Now friends, let's come to the actual
facts." "The thing is the
justice meted out by the judiciary,"
if often time-consuming but just.
It is certain about its target.
"On the other hand, revenge is taken instantly." Haste makes waste. "Being driven by emotions and
anger," revenge keeps missing its
target. It ends up hurting the
innocents. "The authorities claim to
have followed the due process while bulldozing," and that only illegal encroachments have been
bulldozed. "Aaj Tak's reported
Anjana Om Kashyap," "repeated
the claims by the authorities, to say,"
"""Whether it is a mosque or a juice corner," "everything that's illegal will be
demolished.""" "But
should a journalist merely repeat what the authorities say," "or should they actually find out," whether the statements are true or not? Did she try to find out if the demolished juice stalls were truly
illegal? "When Lallantop's
journalist Siddhant Mohan went to verify this claim," he talked to Ganesh Kumar Gupta. An owner of a juice corner whose shop or
stall was demolished.
Ganesh showed him the allotment letter for his shop issued
in 1978. It was clearly written that he
had bought the shop from the original owner.
"He even showed the letter from DDA," which contained details on shifting of
property. He showed him the rent slips
and all relevant documents. But to what
end? His shop had been bulldozed. """I have all the
receipts." -All the receipts. -Are
these the rent receipts? "Yeah,
receipts for all rent paid." "And
the money that was deposited into DDA's bank account, " this is the receipt for that. Then comes Raman Jha's story. Owner of a Paan stall that was bulldozed. He said that he was running the stall since
1985. He even showed documents issued by
the MCD. "But when his stall was
razed to the ground," he wasn't
given any notice. No prior information. "On the morning of the incident, he
asked the policemen thrice, " if he
should remove his stall from where it was parked. The police told him that he needn't remove
it. And then came the bulldozer which
razed it.
The stall from where Raman earned his livelihood and ran his
household. Supreme Court had directed
the residents of Jahangirpuri to file an
affidavit to the Supreme Court saying
that they weren't given any prior notice.
"And here, we shouldn't forget that" Supreme Court had actually ordered this
demolition to be stopped. But the
bulldozer kept at it for hours after the order.
What is this Bulldozer Revenge model that ran over justice? Supreme Court's order was also violated. "On social media and WhatsApp forwards,
the narrative being set shows" that
only Muslims were targeted. BJP MPs went
around giving statements that JCB stands
for Jihad Control Board. There's no
doubt that they were trying to show that
only Muslims were being targeted in these bulldozer drives. "But in the court," "government's lawyer, Tushar Mehta said
that" there was no communal take on
the demolitions. He told the court that in the demolitions in Madhya Pradesh 88 houses belonged to Hindus and 26 to Muslims. "Whether Hindu or Muslim, one thing that
I can say for sure" that among the
people who had to bear the brunt of the bulldozers rich people account for 0% of them. And the poor people account for 100% of them. I talked about the same thing in the last Blog on Bhagat Singh.
When I talked about how Bhagat Singh talked about class
consciousness. "On these WhatsApp
forwards and news channels, we get to hear" """we the Hindus and them the
Muslims"" or ""we the Muslims and them the
Hindus""" "but just
think about it," "Hindu Gautam
Adani, Hindu Mukesh Ambani," "Hindu
Amit Shah and Hindu Akshay Kumar," "what
do they have in common with Gautam Gupta and Raman Jha," the ill-fated owners of the demolished shops. "For argument's sake, they too are
Hindus," but do they eat the same
kind of food? Do they wear the same
clothes? Do they enjoy the same status
in society? Do they earn the same? Do they live in the same houses? "Or is their locality, their
neighbourhood the same?" Are their
living conditions the same? "The
cleanliness around them, the purity of the water they drink," "the schools their children
attend," There's nothing common in
these Hindus. "Hindu Ganesh Kumar
Gupta and Hindu Raman Jha," have
nothing in common with these Hindu Amit
Shah and Hindu Akshay Kumar. They merely
belong to the same religion. "Similarly,
Muslim Shah Rukh Khan, Muslim Salman Khurshid," "Muslim Rubika Liaquat," what do they have in common with the poor
Muslims whose homes were demolished?
"Their clothes, income, business, the neighbourhood
around them," there's nothing in
common. Except for the one God they
believe in. "On the other hand,
Hindu Akshay Kumar and Muslim Salman Khan have a lot in common." But a poor Hindu and a poor Muslim living in
Jahangirpuri have a lot in common. "Where the live, the clothes they
wear," "their incomes, their
businesses," "The development
around them," and the attrocities
they'd have to face. "The
bulldozers running over them, they'll have to get through everything
together." This is something that
people need to realise. "I talked
about this in detail in the last Blog on
communal riots," you can go watch
it.
The question here is that
"now that you've understood the true intention behind the Bulldozer
Politics," "the question
is," why do some people support
this form of politics? There are three
main reasons behind this. First:
communal hatred. Some people hate people
from other religions so much that they
forget humanity. They start celebrating
attrocities against others. Especially
when they think that only one community is being targeted by the attrocities. These people are so brainwashed "that they forget the conditions they're
living in," "an average Hindu
middle-class man and an average Muslim middle-class man," is suffering through the same situations. "Inflation, rising prices of petrol and
diesel, CNG, LPG," "rising
prices of foodstuffs, falling FD rates and PF rates," "rising unemployment," "even so, they are so bloodthirsty
that" they get sadistic pleasure
when they see others being tormented. "But
even so, I wouldn't call this the main reason." The second reason is more pervalent. Our slow judicial system. Police and courts have often delayed justice. "Nirbhaya's case that had moved the
country," it had taken 7 years to
get justice in that. "Many people
are so fed up with this justice system,"
"and look towards ""instant justice.""" "On top of it, they are also influenced
by films where"
promote vigilante behaviour.
The problem is that these people need to understand "the instant justice that they
hail," is actually revenge. And there's a stark difference between
revenge and justice. True peace in
society can be ushered in through the
judiciary system only. "If we start
idealising Bulldozer politics," "if
we start running after revenge," "there
will be an uprise of hatred, anger, and gangs in the country." "The crime rate increases with this,
rather than decreasing." The third
reason is some people love the Strongmen
Image. People like politicians that seem
strong. These people often secretly
admire dictators. The image of the
Bulldozer is an extension of the strongmen image. So what's the solution? The solution is to bring about improvements
in our judicial system. The number of
policemen need to be increased. The
police should be given better training. "A
need for police reforms," and
higher salaries to policemen. Filing the
vacancies of judges. And increasing the
number of judges and courts in the country.
"And always remember, looking for instant justice," can imprison the wrong people and hurt the innocent. I hope you found the blog informative as
always. Thank you very much!